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Health systems in transition Canada
Tables page
Table 4.3 Number of selected diagnostic imaging technologies, per million population, in Canada and
selected countries, 2010 85
Table 4.4 Number of selected imaging technologies per million population by province, 2011 86
Table 4.5 ICT Development Index (IDI) based on 11 indicators, rank and level, in Canada and
selected countries, 2008 and 2010 87
Table 4.6 Use of health IT by primary care physicians (% of physicians), 2009 88
Table 4.7 Practising health professionals in Canada per 1 000 population, selected years, 1990–2009 89
Table 4.8 Health workforce density by province and territory, rate per 100 000 population, 2009 90
Table 4.9 Net international migration of physicians, Canada, by decade, 1980–2009 94
Table 4.10 Educational and training requirements of 22 health occupations, 2009 96
Table 5.1 Colorectal cancer testing, self-reported (% of provincial or territorial population), 2008 103
Table 5.2 Characteristics of recipients of government-subsidized home care in Canada, 1994–1995
and 2003 112
Table 5.3 Home-based palliative care services by jurisdiction in Canada, 2008 114
Table 7.1 OOP spending relative to private health insurance coverage for non-medicare services,
amount (C$ billions) and % of total health care spending in Canada, 2008 131
Table 7.2 Patient views on waiting times, access and health systems, Canada and selected
OECD countries, 2010 (% of respondents in Commonwealth Fund survey) 134
Table 7.3 Amenable mortality rates and rank in Canada and selected OECD countries for
last available year 137
Table 7.4 Percentage of patients receiving care within pan-Canadian benchmarks, by province, 2011 140
Figures page
Fig. 1.1 Map of Canada 2
Fig. 2.1 Organization of the health system in Canada 22
Fig. 3.1 Trends in total health expenditure as a share of GDP in Canada and selected countries,
1990–2010 63
Fig. 3.2 Trends in total health expenditure per capita ($US PPP) in Canada and selected countries,
1990–2010 64
Fig. 3.3 Trends in public expenditure on health as a share of GDP in Canada and selected countries,
1990–2010 65
Fig. 3.4 Trends in public expenditure on health per capita ($US PPP) in Canada and selected countries,
1990–2010 65
Fig. 3.5 Average growth in government health expenditure per capita and GDP per capita, 1998–2008 66
Fig. 3.6 Percentage of total expenditure on health by source of revenue, 2010 68
Fig. 3.7 Composition of financial flows in the Canadian health system 69
Fig. 4.1 Acute care beds per 1 000 population in Canada and selected countries, 1990–2009 83
Fig. 4.2 Number of physicians per 1 000 population in Canada and selected countries, 1990–2010 91
Fig. 4.3 Number of nurses per 1 000 population in Canada and selected countries, 1990–2010 92
Fig. 4.4 Number of dentists per 1 000 population in Canada and selected countries, 1990–2010 93
Fig. 4.5 Number of pharmacists per 1 000 population in Canada and selected countries, 1990–2010 93
Fig. 7.1 Index and trend of eight quality indicators, 1999–2009 138